Deadline: 10-Feb-22
The Capital Area Council of Governments (CAPCOG) is inviting applications for the Juvenile Justice and Truancy Prevention Grant Program to projects that prevent violence in and around school; and to improve the juvenile justice system by providing mental health services, truancy prevention and intervention through community-based and school programs.
Areas
- Mental Health Services. Programs providing mental health services for youth in custody in need of such services including, but are not limited to assessment, development of individualized treatment plans, and discharge plans.
- School Programs. Education programs or supportive services in traditional public schools and detention/corrections education settings to encourage youth to remain in school; or alternative learning programs to support transition to work and self-sufficiency, and to enhance coordination between correctional programs and youth’s local education programs to ensure the instruction they receive outside school is aligned with that provided in their schools, and that any identified learning problems are communicated.
- Community-Based Programs and Services. These programs and services are those that work pre- and post-confinement with:
- parents and other family members to strengthen families to help keep youth in their homes;
- youth during confinement and their families to ensure safe return of youth home and to strengthen the families; and
- parents with limited English-speaking ability.
- Truancy Prevention. Education programs and/or related services designed to prevent truancy including prevention services for children considered at-risk of entering the juvenile justice system and intervention services for juveniles engaged in misconduct.
- Juvenile Case Managers. Individuals designated to provide services in court cases involving juvenile offenders including assisting the court in administering the court’s juvenile docket and supervising the court’s orders in juvenile cases.
Funding Information
- Minimum: $10,000
- Projects must begin on or after 09/01/2022 and may not exceed a 12 month project period.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications may be submitted by independent school districts, Native American tribes, councils of governments, non-profit corporations (including hospitals and faith-based organizations), and units of local government, which are defined as a non-statewide governmental body with the authority to establish a budget and impose taxes.
- All applications submitted by local law enforcement agencies/offices must be submitted by a unit of government affiliated with the agency, including an authorizing resolution from that unit of government. For example, police departments must apply under their municipal government, and community supervision and corrections departments, district attorneys, and judicial districts must apply through their affiliated county government (or one of the counties, in the case of agencies that serve more than one county).
For more information, visit https://www.capcog.org/what-we-do/funding-grants/criminal-justice/